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...champion debaters. But the Ed. Department probe reveals that Harvard makes far greater allowances for athletics than for non-athletic extracurricular activities. Asian-Americans, for example, make up a disproportionate share of Harvard's orchestras. Obviously Harvard does not think that spending 30 hours per week practicing the violin is as important as similar dedication to football or rowing. As far as admissions are concerned, athletics are emphatically not just another extracurricular activity...
Last Wednesday night, the first performance in a series of three fall concerts, upheld that tradition. This performance featured a trio of accomplished musicians who provided the audience with a rare mix of engaging music and honest poise. Menahem Pressler performed on piano, Isidore Cohen on violin, and Peter Wiley on cello. While all three are of excellent caliber, Pressler led the others with his precise and intensely expressive gestures. He was the artistic engine which drove them to create such effective music...
...thickness of the Brahms betrayed another flaw, however: the string players did not have the depth of sound which Pressler easily commanded. While they blended extremely well with each other, they sounded scratchy when playing with the piano. The violin seemed thin and whiny in the high register and could have benefitted from a looser vibrato. The final cadence of the first movement was uneven but effective...
...musicians also delivered a verycomfortable, flowing rendition of Dvorak's Dumkytrio; they settled into the piece with securephrasing and intonation. The violin and celloparts had obviously been worked through--theplaying was natural and blended. Cohen showed abit of spark in the second movement with Dvorak'sfolksy fiddle tune. The great, heaving opening ofthe sixth movement was very successful, enhancedfurther by the spirited and well-executed surpriseending. The Beethoven trio (Opus 1, #1) served asa fun cap to the evening but did not enhance anyof the music which had preceded...
...Hope the Boat" --the opening chords of which are a dead ringer for those of Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat" --uses real rock violin, not just classical violin juxtaposed with a rock beat. And in "Overflow," Herlihy plays the socket wrench, with intriguing results...